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We (@melex & @brainpicker) love music. And we believe crowdsourcing and content curation are two of today's most powerful cultural propellers – seeming opposites with an even more powerful intersection. To prove the point, last winter we asked 31 interesting people we knew to each curate one season-inspired song for every day of December, then released the crowdsourced seasonal playlist as a holiday mixtape on December 31.

Thanks to a terrific response, we've decided to come back with Volume 2, crowdsourcing a summer playlist for 2010. For each day between June 1 and June 22, the Summer Solstice, we're once again asking a different interesting person we know to curate a summer-inspired song. On June 22, we'll release the playlist as a free download.

It's been another great season of collaborative playlist-making – thank you for joining us in it. As promised, here's the mixtape for you to download – enjoy by the beach or on a hot summer party night. Mojito optional but highly recommended.

Posted on Tuesday, 22 December 2009

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december 22

Pet Shop Boys – All Over The World

Today’s track is curated by Anjali Ramachandran / @anjali28

The Pet Shop Boys have a new version of All Over The World as part of Christmas, their latest EP, which was just released last week. It has an amazing beat and the song’s message is universal, just like the spirit of Christmas. And while we’re on the topic, you should take a look at the Seven Days of Christmas Advent Calendar from the Pet Shop Boys as well - I think it’s a nice bit of fun for the holiday season!

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